PS3 Titles Missing Online Play
Sega gas announced that the upcoming PS3 title Virtua Tennis will not feature online play. This is coming shortly after Activision revealing that Tony Hawk Project 8 will also lack this key feature.
This seems to be troubling news for the as of now ill-fated next gen system. We're living in an age of mass communication, digital cable, world wide web, and MMO's. To be at the cutting edge of the video gaming market a company needs to embrace this, multiplayer is the current industry trend and where the support and money is from consumers.
Personally, I don't see the joy in playing a single player tennis game. Most tennis games aren't interesting enough to hold my attention for more than a few hours, atleast if I could play non-AI it would give some level of replayability.
Likewise, this is a really big boost for Microsoft, who already won the online crowd with their XBOX live iteration 1. They are coming into the next gen war with a heads up and little competition chasing them.
\\drew
This seems to be troubling news for the as of now ill-fated next gen system. We're living in an age of mass communication, digital cable, world wide web, and MMO's. To be at the cutting edge of the video gaming market a company needs to embrace this, multiplayer is the current industry trend and where the support and money is from consumers.
Personally, I don't see the joy in playing a single player tennis game. Most tennis games aren't interesting enough to hold my attention for more than a few hours, atleast if I could play non-AI it would give some level of replayability.
Likewise, this is a really big boost for Microsoft, who already won the online crowd with their XBOX live iteration 1. They are coming into the next gen war with a heads up and little competition chasing them.
\\drew
posted by Drew at 8:32 AM
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